Track Title: The Girl That I Marry Album Title: The Columbia Years, 1943-1952, Vol. 4 Written by: Irving Berlin (b. Israel Balin) From the Show: Annie Get Your Gun 1946 The girl that I marry will have to be As soft and as pink as a nursery The girl I call my own Will wear satins and laces and smell of cologne Her nails will be polished and, in her hair, She'll wear a gardenia and I'll be there `stead of flittin', I'll be sittin' Next to her and she'll purr like a kitten A doll I can carry, the girl that I marry must be Her nails will be polished and, in her hair, She'll wear a gardenia and I'll be there `stead of flittin', I'll be sittin' Next to her and she'll purr like a kitten A doll I can carry, the girl that I marry must be